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Welch, Sanders call for expanded probe of Walter Reed hospital

BURLINGTON — Rep. Peter Welch, D-VT, has enlisted 41 of his fellow first-year members of Congress — 41 Democrats and one Republican — to call for an independent investigation of the reports of poor care and housing at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Welch takes to the House floor, calls for end to war

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives began debate today on Pres. George W. Bush’s war policy in Iraq and Vermont’s lone representative — Democrat Peter Welch — was one of the first to speak and called the administration’s policy a failure.

Welch aims to be “coolest” congressman

WASHINGTON — Calling the issue of climate change as “real, urgent, and requiring action,” Rep. Peter Welch today announced that he is making his congressional offices in Vermont and Washington “carbon neutral.”